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Besides Linux isos and piracy, what are some common uses of torrenting? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's kind of silly, but I still really dig the idea behind torrenting and peer to peer sharing of data. It's cool to think about any old computer helping pass along some odd bits & bytes of data, whether a goofy drawing or strange story.

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[–] [email protected] 65 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I don't think they do it anymore, but spotify started out with a p2p network on the backend.
Super smart way of bootstrapping such a thing without having to upfront huge server costs.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 7 months ago

Took it out ten years ago. It was super smart, and there are still situations where it would be helpful, like when a new Taylor Swift album drops that takes the service offline.